ISO 20121 for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs)

Sustainable events can be large or small, but the benefits can be the same. ISO 20121 has been developed for the events industry to help you put sustainability first when managing and delivering your event. And small businesses can adapt the same standard to get the same results as larger companies. Find out how we can make ISO 20121 work for you.

Shaping ISO 20121 for SMEs

Small and medium-sized businesses can deliver world-class events regardless of potential budget or time restrictions. That’s because we understand how to overcome these challenges by helping you adapt ISO 20121 to your needs. Whatever your starting point with sustainable event management, we provide services that can be packaged and customized just for you. And this can remove the complexity of achieving sustainable events. Work with us to discover how ISO 20121 can help you achieve the highest levels of efficiency and performance – reducing waste, energy use and environmental impacts. We’ll also show you how to work with stakeholders right from the start to build better relationships. ISO 20121 will give you a reputation for the responsible delivery of events, and for event management companies it could open up opportunities for you to compete alongside larger companies.

SMEs guide to standards

We make standards for SMEs simple. If you are an SME then we have written a guide designed just for you, so that you can gain a greater understanding of how you could benefit from standards.

Help us to shape standards

We’re open to suggestions for new standards and take these to consultation with industry associations or equivalent organizations. We make sure we get the standards right by working with representatives from consumer organizations; professional institutions; certification, testing and inspection bodies; educational establishments; research organizations; UK notified bodies; enforcement bodies; and government departments.

Why choose BSI?

We pioneered standards more than 100 years ago and today we’re the market leader. We help over 80,000 organizations ranging from top global brands to small ambitious businesses in 172 countries worldwide to gain an edge over their competition. As one of the few organizations that understands standards from start to end, we don’t only assess how well you’re meeting them, we create new standards from scratch and train teams globally to use them and perform better. Our knowledge can transform your organization.

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Cut costs with customized packages

Talk to us about packages designed to get the results you want. We can combine any of our products and services to create a package that’s tailored to your business. This removes the complexity and unnecessary cost of getting you where you want to be – whatever your starting point.